Linux and Croquet

Just so everyone knows, what I have done here to get Croquet to run
under FedoraCore 6 Linux, with the latest Ver 1.0 installation.
1. chmod + x Croquet.sh
2. chmod +x CroquetCollaborative-1.0/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/*
3. install software openGL openGLU

For reasons unknown to me, I couldn't see the rabbit using the nVidia
supplied links to their hardware version of openGL, which would have
been optimal for speed and performance. But, I did get it kludged to
work and that is huge for me! Now I can go back through the months of
collected emails and see what everyone is talking about. <g> I hope we
get more Linux Users involved with Croquet. Ric

--
================================================
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar
http://www.wayward4now.net
================================================

Ric Moore wrote:
Yeah, it works at about 1.5 fps on my secondary PCI card...

It is total garbage on my main ATI R9280/radeon 9250. =( The
console gives me:

atg@leenooks ~/Croquet_SDK_1.0_beta $ squeak Croquet1.0.10.image
SocketPlugin: ignoring unknown option 'SO_REUSEPORT'
disabling 3D acceleration

LINUX JUST DOESN'T SUPPORT 3D.
EVEN GLXGEARS HAS NO HARDWARE ACCELERATION AND PRODUCES NOTHING BUT
GARBAGE!!! =(((((

This is a vast improvement over how it was last year when even the most
trivial 3D diagnostics routine would crash the entire computer. =(

--
Opera: Sing it loud! :o(  )>-<

Alan Grimes wrote:
>
> LINUX JUST DOESN'T SUPPORT 3D.
> EVEN GLXGEARS HAS NO HARDWARE ACCELERATION AND PRODUCES NOTHING BUT
> GARBAGE!!! =(((((
>  
This isn't true at all. I'm running (and writing on), a ubuntu laptop
with an ATI Mobility X1400 video adaptor with hardware acceleration
working fine. Upstairs I've got a desktop with an NVidia 5200 with
hardware acceleration working fine. If you're having trouble with 3D on
linux, there is an answer.

Bill Allen wrote: me too, opengl works ok on my P4 1.8Mhz, gentoo. But, I could use a
faster cpu ;-(

--
brad fuller
www.bradfuller.com
+1 (408) 799-6124

On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 17:28 -0700, Brad Fuller wrote:
Brad, where you able to get Croquet running using the nVidia supplied
hardware openGL lib or did you have to load the mesa packages as well? I
also use a 5200, nice little card. I'm running Fedora 6 and glxgears
reports:
5801 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1160.060 FPS
5823 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1164.505 FPS
5826 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1165.033 FPS
5825 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1164.863 FPS
7411 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1482.177 FPS
not shabby, although I believe I'd get faster framerates without Mesa's
software version of openGL installed in order to see the bunny. Ric
--
================================================
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar
http://www.wayward4now.net
================================================